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ID1 /ˌaɪ ˈdiː/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: identification and identity
a document that shows your name and date of birth, usually with a photograph
   SYN  identification:
    I’ll need to see some ID.
    a fake ID

II
ID2 verb [transitive] spoken
to identify a criminal or dead body:
    Police are still looking for someone who can ID the body.


id
id /ɪd/ noun [uncountable] technical
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Latin
 Origin: 'it'
according to Freudian psychology, the part of your mind that is completely unconscious but has hidden needs and desires
ego(2), superego